Science news articles about 'chemotherapy drug cisplatin'

... evidence explaining why a common chemotherapy drug, cisplatin, may not always work for every cancer ... Ideally, scientists will ultimately design new drugs that can push cancer cells into cell suicide ...

... University of California, San Diego (UC SD) in La Jolla have found evidence explaining why a common chemotherapy drug, cisplatin, may not always work for every cancer patient...

... , has been shown to reduce the size of tumours and enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, while limiting its harmful side effects. The rat experiments, described in BioMed ...

... rates are still slightly increased by infra-diaphragmatic radiotherapy. In addition, the chemotherapy drug cisplatin can cause inflammation of the endothelial cells, leading to premature thickening of ...